Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Resistor Color Code Calculator and Chart—4 Band, 5 Band, or 6 Band Resistors

A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Programmable Logic Technology

Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

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Quantum Devices

Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

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Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Introduction to Shift Registers

Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

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Microprocessor Programming

What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Binary Subtraction

We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

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Binary Overflow

One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

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Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.

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Flash ADC

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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Binary Addition

The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

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Pulse Width Modulation

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

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Current Mirror BJTs

Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…

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Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.

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Design Project: Power Inverter

A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

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AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.

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Design Project: DC Motor

The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

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Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Torque Conversion Calculator

A tool designed to convert between units of torque

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Regulated Power Sources

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…

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Magnetic Units of Measurement

If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…

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Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.

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The “Operational” Amplifier

Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

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Lenz’s Law and Faraday’s Law Calculator

This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.

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Transistor Ratings and Packages (JFET)

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Asynchronous Counters

In the previous section, we saw a circuit using one J-K flip-flop that…

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Active-mode Operation (JFET)

JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…

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Negative Binary Numbers

With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…

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Flip-Flop Circuits

Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

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DIY EE Lab - Introduction to Electronics Projects

To learn about electronics, you must eventually engage in hands-on experimentation. Knowledge gleaned from books alone has limited use in scientific endeavors. Troubleshooting a circuit can be as important as the knowledge gained from a properly functioning experiment.

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Conventional Versus Electron Flow

“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…

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Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.

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